Maya Rudolph Quotes
Actress
I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream.
I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write.
No, no, no. Your accent is so beautiful.
I get anxious. That lovely Jewish guilt that comes with ancestry.
You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns - enjoy!'
I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.
To have your childhood dream realized is a really big deal.
I would love it if you would come in and teach me how to really do you.
I have an equal opportunity womb!
To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away.
I really love laughing.
I like comedy as a group sport.
If my time with my kids is shorter than it was yesterday, it's better than nothing.
Before I had children, everything about my life was devoted to Saturday Night Live.
Without a doubt in sketch comedy there are fewer women than men.
I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me.
I don't know if comedy is a male sport. I always wondered that.
There are days when I wonder why my mom couldn't be here to see this.
Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don'ts in my day.
I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don't really have a choice in the matter. My goal is just to be funny.
I've been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have.
I think that people who don't like kids are awful people.
I feel like I'm a drag queen.
I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves.
Most of my life I didn't feel very normal. There's definitely been some moments where I feel like, all right, I've finally graduated and I'm a normal lady.
I still have a fantasy of being a musician when I grow up.